Shock compression of geological materials
- đ¤ Speaker: Simon Kirk, SMF Group, Cavendish Laboratory
- đ Date & Time: Thursday 23 May 2013, 16:00 - 17:00
- đ Venue: Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory
Abstract
Understanding the shock compression of geological materials is important for many applications, and is particularly important to the mining industry. During blast mining the response to shock loading determines the propagation speed and resulting fragmentation of the rock. The work presented will include the shock response of fully dense and porous geological materials. The response of fully dense geological material can be predicted from component crystal properties and molecular dynamics simulations. The shock response of porous geological materials can be described using shock compaction models.
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Simon Kirk, SMF Group, Cavendish Laboratory
Thursday 23 May 2013, 16:00-17:00